Location Data

• Amazon team that monitors Alexa can access user locations: report

  A group of Amazon staff tasked with monitoring a fraction of Alexa recordings can view location data, according to a report.

  News

  Apr 24, 2019
  
• iPhone users will soon be able to share their location data with first responders

  “Communities rely on 911 centres in an emergency, and we believe they should have the best available technology at their disposal,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO.

  Crime

  Jun 18, 2018
  
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• 200 million people across U.S. and Canada had real-time location exposed

  LocationSmart, which collects location data from millions of cellphones across North America, reportedly revealed the real-time location of over 200 million people due to a website bug.

  Canada

  May 19, 2018
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• Facebook revokes internship for student who created location tracking app

  Facebook has revoked an internship offer to Harvard student Aran Khanna after he created an app using Facebook Messenger data that allowed users to see the location of their Facebook friends to within a metre.

  Tech

  Aug 14, 2015
• Google Maps now lets you retrace all of your steps

  Dubbed “Your Timeline,” the feature allows you to see all the places you have visited on Google’s virtual map.

  Tech

  Jul 23, 2015
• Are anti-social apps the new social craze?

  There seems to be a trend emerging in social media apps that encourage people to embrace their anti-social sides.

  Tech

  Apr 1, 2014